I think that this album definitely represents a transitional period in Will and the band’s songwriting. After having Drummer My Therapy Shirts being disappointed in the album upon release, I’ve been returning to it recently and feel much more positive about it. While it might not be the deeply personal experience of Twin Fantasy (one of my all time albums) there’s still some great songs on here; Deadlines (Hostile) and Martin are some solid indie rock tunes, and while Hollywood is kinda stupid I feel like thats the kind of song they were going for and can’t blame them for wanting to mess around a bit. Life Worth Missing probably comes the closest to scratching that CSH emotional itch for me and I think goes to show that they’ve still got it. I really have no idea where the band’s gonna go next, but I will always be there to listen
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I also want to say, with the caveat that I only dove headfirst into CSH in 2019 after discovering Drummer My Therapy Shirts on 2018 year-end lists like this one, I enjoyed this album from debut. With the exception of Hymn and Famous, every track hit me well the first time I heard it, and I warmed up to those two later as well (see note about enjoying the CD track listing, MADLO was also the only CD I had in my car for a couple of months). The latter actually kind of reminded me of my other musical obsession, They Might Be Giants, and their song “Dogwalker” which was also received poorly when released, though unlike “Famous” I did not find as much to warm up to in that track.